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KENNETH CHARLES BOUDREAUX
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 23, 1944 – July 7, 1966
Service recordKenneth Charles Boudreaux, of Houma, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Houma, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 1
- WILLIAM FRANK HEWITTSergeant · July 6, 1966
- PHILIP BLAINE HINESFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1966
- GILBERT VERNON KEMPLE JRCorporal · July 6, 1966
- JOHN F LEEFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARSHALL BURKE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 4
- A T HOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 4
- CURTIS H RANSDELLSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 6
- ROBERT JOHN RUGGIEROPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 6
From Houma
- RAYMOND PATRICK FLYNNPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- ROY ANTHONY DUTHUPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- CALVIN RAYMOND HEBERT JRCorporal · February 22, 1966
- MILLER JOHN BOURGLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- WILTON PAUL LEBOUEFSpecialist Four · August 21, 1966
- SAMUEL ENNIS MURPHPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- ELDRIDGE MICHAEL BRUNETSpecialist Four · September 27, 1967
- RUDOLPH JOHN BILLIOTPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- ABRA JOSEPH WOLFE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.